15 Facts About Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria was born on May 1,1978 and is an American filmmaker, playwright, musician, and actress.

Lorene Scafaria was born in Holmdel, New Jersey, on May 1,1978, the daughter of Gail and Joseph Lorene Scafaria.

Lorene Scafaria's mother is a Canadian-American, while her father was an Italian immigrant from Gioia Tauro.

Lorene Scafaria became interested in writing when she began making a book report on a fake book every month in order to win Pizza Hut gift certificates from her school.

Lorene Scafaria had a small role in the acclaimed short film Bullet in the Brain, which won awards at festivals and was produced by CJ Follini.

Lorene Scafaria's writing agent had still yet to find her a job, so she took on more acting roles, appearing in many theater productions in addition to films such as Big Helium Dog and A Million Miles.

The screenplay was purchased by Revolution Studios; however, after the studio asked the pair to make changes to the script which Lorene Scafaria described as "far less interesting", the project was shelved.

Lorene Scafaria wrote the Iraq War docudrama Sweet Relief for Paramount Pictures and The Mighty Flynn, a spec script which she set up at Warner Brothers.

Lorene Scafaria wrote the film Man and Wife, which had Gabriele Muccino attached to direct.

Lorene Scafaria released her second album, Laughter and Forgetting, in April 2010.

In 2009, Mandate Pictures bought Lorene Scafaria's script Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, a romantic comedy focusing on a man's quest for a meaningful connection during the apocalypse.

In 2015, Lorene Scafaria wrote and directed the comedy-drama film The Meddler.

In 2019, Lorene Scafaria wrote and directed the crime drama film Hustlers, which was based on a 2015 New York magazine article by Jessica Pressler.

Between 2021 and 2023, Lorene Scafaria directed three episodes of the HBO series Succession.

Lorene Scafaria dated comedian Bo Burnham from 2013 until 2022.